WE WILL BE BETTER: Brendan Rodgers expects to see Liverpool raise their game [AFP]

The Reds are struggling for form this campaign following a hectic summer in the transfer market.

The loss at Newcastle left Rodgers' side seventh in the Premier League table but the Northern Irishman is confident there are positive days ahead.

He told BT Sport: "Well I think the progress this season was going to be a slow process because of the changes.

"We haven't started how we would have liked but we will improve and I think we showed that in the period when I came here after 6 months.

“We haven't started how we would have liked but we will improve”

Brendan Rodgers

"However, there was maybe more coaching time available to us then.

"We can only continue to work hard and we'll analyse today's game.

"Our problem today was fairly straight forward, we didn't create enough. We had enough of the ball but we just didn't create enough in the final third."

When asked whether it was just a case of the fans being patient, Rodgers said: "Well it always is especially if the results aren't going as you'd wish but for me we just continue to work as well as we've done over the last couple of years."